Executive Functioning Deficits MAY BE A Major Cause of the Mass incarceration Crisis
& It cuts across Disabilities
Below, our rough sense of the distribution of psychiatric and cognitive issues in the Criminal Justice
System.
Crucially, Executive Functioning Deficits implicate some mental illnesses, brain injuries, substance use issues, developmental disabilities and other differences or "disorders."
System.
Crucially, Executive Functioning Deficits implicate some mental illnesses, brain injuries, substance use issues, developmental disabilities and other differences or "disorders."
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Executive Functioning Deficits.>>> Paranoia, Mood Issues, Etc.>>> Psychosis>>> Frontiers In Psychology (2015)
Prison brain? Executive dysfunction in prisoners A better understanding of the functioning of the brain, particularly executive functions, of the prison population could aid in reducing crime rates through the reduction of recidivism rates. Indeed, reoffending appears to be related to executive dysfunction and it is known that executive functions are crucial for self-regulation. In the current paper, studies to executive functions in regular adult prisoners compared to non-offender controls were reviewed. Seven studies were found. Specific executive functions were found to be impaired in the general prison population, i.e., attention and set-shifting, as well as in separate subgroups of violent (i.e., set-shifting and working memory) and non-violent offenders (i.e., inhibition, working memory and problem solving). We conclude that the limited number of studies is remarkable, considering the high impact of this population on society and elaborate on the implications of these specific impairments that were found. Further empirical research is suggested, measuring executive functioning within subjects over time for a group of detainees as well as a control group. |
Institutional Participants in the "Prison Brain?" Review Article
Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Amsterdam, Netherlands Faculty of Philosophy, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Department of Criminal Law, Tilburg Law School, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands (PDF) Prison brain? Executive dysfunction in prisoners. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272478310_Prison_brain_Executive_dysfunction_in_prisoners
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Why We Can't Ignore the Link Between Disability and Mass Incarceration [M]ore than 200,000 people with disabilities leave incarceration each year. We cannot continue to pretend that just releasing people from prison or jail is enough when recidivism rates remain high and the majority of returning citizens and residents lack the support needed to succeed. Families, government agencies, nonprofits, faith, community leaders and others need the training and capacity to improve release, reentry and reintegration. This includes access to stable housing, medications for mental and physical health and, above all, jobs. https://themighty.com/2016/09/we-cant-ignore-the-link-between-disability-and-mass-incarceration/ |